Base for fence-posts



(No Model.)

0. S. LONG.

BASE FOR FENCE POSTS.

No. 387,084. Patented July 31, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

CHARLES S. LONG, OF HINOKLEY, ILLINOIS.

BASE FOR FENCE-=POSTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,084, dated July 31,1888.

I Application filed December 4, 1885. Serial No. 184,662. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. LONG, a citizen of the United States,residing at I-Iinckley, in the county of De Kalb and State of Illinois,have invented a certain new and Improved Base for Fence-Posts; and Ihereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same.

My invention relates to improvements in fence-posts or bases foranchoring the same in the ground.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and durable fence-posthaving a base or anchor firmly secured thereto, said base or anchorbeing composed of materials which are practically unaffected by thermalchanges and which will not disintegrate under the influences of water ormoisture.

My invention consists of a metallic or other suitable post having a baseof asphaltic concrete secured thereto as a new article of manufacture.

In the drawing, I have shown in a perspective view a fence-post havingan asphaltic concrete base secured thereto.

A indicates the base or anchor of the post. and is composed of anasphaltic concrete, said concrete being formed by the admixture ofcrushed and pulverized stoneor other similar or suitable material withnatural asphaltnmeither Trinidad, Uuban, or other pure naturalbitu1nen-said asphaltum being reduced to a liquid form in any suitablemanner, and while the same is in a liquid and heated condition thecrushed and pulverized stone is added in suitable proportions, the stonebeing also heated, so as to absorb the asphaltum and form a perfect bondof union between the materials. The asphaltic concrete thus formed, andwhile in a heated state, is in condition to be pressed onto the lowerend of the post B, so as to firmly adhere thereto and form an articlewhich is complete in itself and capable of being shipped from place toplace.

The asphaltic concrete base is not affected by the heat and cold ofordinary latitudes, and, being impervious to moisture, will notdisintegrate or become worthless from the dampness and moisture of theearth; and, furthermore, owing to the peculiar affinity of the asphaltnmfor the iron, the lower end of the post, which is anchored in the base,will not become oxidized and injured, as is the case with hydrauliccement or clay bases.

15 are the notches in the posts for holding the wires.

The mechanism which I have devised for pressing the asphaltic concreteonto the bottom of the postis shown,described,and claimed in Patent No.354,604, granted to me December 21, 1886; but other forms of mechanismmay be used for this purpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A fence post havinga base of asphaltic concrete pressed thereon as a new manufacture.

CHARLES S. LONG.

Witnesses:

H. D. WAGNER, O. M. TANNER.

